eminent domain
noun
mass noun
- Law the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation. In the UK it is used chiefly of international law, whereas in the US it is used of federal and state governments.【律】（国家对私有财产的）征用权（在英国主要适用于国际法; 而在美国, 联邦和州政府均享有此权）。